Question 1: I am studying Android service and often see code like this: private ISampleService.Stub sampleServiceIf = new ISampleService.Stub(){} What is .Stub ? Question 2: I checked "AIDL",...

I upgraded my Android app to start using SDK 29 and build tools 29.0.0. When compiling in Android Studio I get an error: Process 'command 'C:\Users\ma_fo\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\build-tools\29....

I have found a sample from the Internet (https://github.com/manishkpr/Android-AIDL-Example) and ran on Android Studio and it worked fine. But now when I am trying to recreate the project, the Andr...

I am currently migrating an Eclipse app to Android Studio. This app was using the in app billing. My main problem is to compile the project and the aidl file (I guess you all use this file) I get...

I have an interface defined in the aidl but I can't extend it or find it any way. The ide just tells me: Can not resolve symbol 'KeyEventListener' Any idea how to fix this? Additional infos: Key...

(I know there're multiple questions on stackoverflow and elsewhere (like google group) about adding parcelable for NetworkInfo but this is not about that.) My work is under $(AOSP_ROOT)/device/ an...

I have defined an AIDL android interface to make available a service from other applications. My problem is that in my project, Android does not generate the Java file from this AIDL. Note that t...

I have a project consisting of multiple gradle modules (plugin com.android.library) referencing each other (tree, not flat). I use AIDL intensively and thus it happens that I reference AIDL interfa...

I am trying to develop a setup of 2 applications (service app + client app) using AIDL. I have currently a setup of 3 modules: android-agent-framework (android library module holding only the AID...

Requirement: Need to expose a service/contract from a different process to other apps. For example: getPhoneRecord(recordId), deletePhoneRecord(phoneId) etc. Potential solutions: Messenger or AIDL ...

I am designing a framework for a client/server application for Android phones. I am fairly new to both Java and Android (but not new to programming in general, or threaded programming in particular...

to understand the AIDL in android, i want one real life example, means the at what scenario of development we need to use AIDL. by reading the Android Docs ... It puts me in confusion and so many ...

Is there any security provided when an application calls a remote service using AIDL? Or is it simply like a malicious application could read the data?

I am implementing an aidl interface, and for some reason, the following code gives me an error: // IApkinsonCallback.aidl package com.applications.philipp.apkinson.interfaces; /** Interface imple...

Before November 2020, an Android app on Google Play has to manage 'Account Hold' status. https://developer.android.com/distribute/play-policies Question is: how to simulate 'Account Hold' status so...

We expose an AIDL service to third party developers. We'd like to return parcelable objects from this service, but we have concerns about backwards compatibility. By this, I mean clients compiled a...

What are the advantages of using AIDL while we can use java interfaces to help client applications call the bound service? For example, For ITestService we should create an AIDL as follows: // IT...

What are the pros and cons of using aidl vs broadcast receivers for sending messages between apps (for both background and foreground handling)? I've been using receivers which is nice due to the s...

Can someone please distinguish between the scenarios where one should use a broadcast receiver, an AIDL (Android Interface Definition Language), and a messenger? I was told that using a broadcast r...

As enums aren't primitive types, what's the most effective way to pass an enum through an aidl interface in Android? Is there a way to convert the enum to an ordinal first?

I have a service that communicates through AIDL with other services. I want that service to be bound by activities in my application. Can the service define two binders\interfaces? I've tried yo us...

I want every app to be able to send data to my service. Therefore I need inter process communication. Every page I can find proposes to use Messenger, AIDL or Intents (BroadcastReceiver). So far wh...

I'm programming a radio streaming app. I run the "radio playing" as a remote Service by using AIDL interface technique to communicate with the Service. But I don't really understand one thing. Wha...

I was just trying to compile my app with the new preview SDK 24 Android N in Android Studio 2.1 Preview 1. I have in app billing in my app. When trying to build the app I get the following excep...

I'm using aidl to answer call automagically, code as following: ITelephony.Stub.asInterface(ServiceManager.getService("phone")) .answerRingingCall(); I import ServiceManager.class import andro...